Improvement in metallic layer-loops for harness



R. .1. ALGER.

Metallic Layer Loop for Harness.

No. 124,996, r PatentedMarch 26,1872.

PATENT O FICE.

RICHARD J. ALGEO, OF KALAMAZOO, MICHIGAN.

IMPROVEMENT IN METALLIC LAYER-LOOPS FOR HARNESS.

Specification forming part of Letters Patent No. 124,996, dated March26, 1872.

To whom it may concern:

Be it known that I, Brennan J. ALGEO, of Kalamazoo, in the county ofKalamazoo and State of Michigan, have invented a new and usefulImprovement in Metallic Layer-Loops for Harness; and I do declare thatthe following is a true and accurate description thereof, referencebeing had to the accompanying drawin g and to the letters of referencemarked thereon and being a part of this specification, in which- Figurel is a perspective view of my device. Fig. 2 is a similar view of thesame as in use in a breast-collar. Fig. 3 isa modification thereof, moreespecially designed for attaching the hip-tug to a very heavy breeching, as shown in Fig. 4..

Similar letters of reference indicate corresponding parts in the severalfigures.

The nature of this invention relates to a metallic loop for attachingthe straps of a harness to such parts as are made up of a fold and layersuch as the breast-collar and breechin gwhereby such connection isrendered much stronger than as heretofore made, and in such a mannerthat there will be no enlargement of the harness at the place ofinsertion of the loop.

The invention consists in a peculiar loop, the construction and methodof using which I shall now proceed to describe.

In the drawing, A represents, in Fig. 1, a

rectangular frame, of light and thin metal, with a bridge-piece, d,across the center to give the frame the necessary strength to resist astrain, which might otherwise pull apart the long sides of the frame,which, with the end sides, are beveled toward the outer edge on theouter face. The frame is cast with an outwardly-curved loop, b, at theupper side, its bar being of sufficient length to receive the end of astrap, to which it is sewed. The frame is purposely made longer than itsloop, for reasons which will be presently explained.

In the rectangular spaces included in the frame I place aleatherfilling, c, as thick as the frame itself, when it is readyfor insertionbetween the layer B aud fold U of the breast-collar or breechin g, andis then sewn in place, the stitches passing through layer, filling, andfold.

It will readily be seen that the stitching cannot be cut by the lowerbar of the frame, the

strain of which is taken up by the filling, while the greater length ofseam included in the frame renders the fasteningmuch stronger than wherea ring or an open frame (generally a buckle with its tongue removed) isemployed; but one of the most important results attained is thesmoothness of the job, especially on the inner side of the layer, wherethere is no projection to chafe the horse.

In making very heavy breeching, the hiptug D, Fig. 4,-cannot, on accountof its stiffness, be bent much. In this case I make the frame with anoblique orinclined loop, as shown; which may be sold in pairs,-the loopsslanting in opposite directions.

. What I claim as my invention, and desire to secure by Letters Patent,is

The frame A, provided with a loop, 1), bridgepiece at, and filling c,substantially as and for the purpose herein shown and set forth.

RICHARD J. ALGEO.

Witnesses:

JAMES GREEN, GEORGE DIxsoN.

